Portrait of young Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes, (James Mercer Langston Hughes), was an African American poet, novelist, and political commentator who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He made the African American experience the subject of his writings. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue," which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue." Written on back of photo: Langston Hughes
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African American poets African American authors African American dramatists Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
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